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Massimino Outlines Principles to Guide Foreign Aid Reform, Advance Human Rights
Washington, DC In testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights First President and CEO Elisa Massimino today urged Congress to strengthen the statutory framework for foreign aid to better advance human rights around the world. Massimino urged members of the committee to ensure that U.S. aid does not undermine respect for human rights or democratic governance, and to base human rights assistance on a clear strategy implemented through a "whole of government" approach.
"In his National Security Strategy released last month, President Obama set out the gap between 'The World as it Is' and 'The World We Seek.' Foreign aid is a critical vehicle for getting from Point A to Point B," Massimino testified. "It is vital that we seize this moment of opportunity, when our national interests and values are so closely aligned, to develop a framework and strategy for foreign assistance that reflects this alignment."
As Congress overhauls the statutory framework for foreign aid for the first time in almost 50 years, Massimino praised the Committee for tackling the effectiveness of foreign aid head-on and its recognition that advancing human rights and promoting democracy must be key objectives of U.S. foreign assistance policy.
To realize those goals, Massimino recommended:
"Do No Harm" In seeking to advance human rights, U.S. foreign assistance should take a cue from the Hippocratic Oath. The Committee should ensure that U.S. aid


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package com.gecgooden.chunkgen;

import com.gecgooden.chunkgen.commands.ChunkGenCommand;
import com.gecgooden.chunkgen.handlers.ConfigurationHandler;
import com.gecgooden.chunkgen.handlers.TickHandler;
import com.gecgooden.chunkgen.reference.Reference;
import com.gecgooden.chunkgen.util.Utilities;
import net.minecraftforge.common.MinecraftForge;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Mod;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Mod.EventHandler;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.event.FMLPreInitializationEvent;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.event.FMLServerStartingEvent;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;

import java.text.DecimalFormat;

@Mod(modid = Reference.MOD_ID, version = Reference.VERSION, guiFactory=Reference.GUI_FACTORY, acceptableRemoteVersions = "*")
public class ChunkGen
{

	@EventHandler
	public void preInit(FMLPreInitializationEvent event) {
		Reference.logger = LogManager.getLogger(Reference.MOD_ID);

		Reference.decimalFormat = new DecimalFormat();
		Reference.decimalFormat.setMaximumFractionDigits(2);

		ConfigurationHandler.init(event.getSuggestedConfigurationFile());
		MinecraftForge.EVENT_BUS.register(new ConfigurationHandler());
		MinecraftForge.EVENT_BUS.register(new TickHandler());
	}

	@EventHandler
    public void serverLoad(FMLServerStartingEvent event) {
        event.registerServerCommand(new ChunkGenCommand());
        if (Reference.x != null && Reference.z != null && Reference.depth != null && Reference.width != null && Reference.depth > 0 && Reference.width > 0 && Reference.dimension != null) {
            Reference.logger.info(String.format("Starting initial Generation in Dimension:%d with x:%d z:%d width:%d depth:%d", Reference.dimension, Reference.x, Reference.z, Reference.width, Reference.depth));
            Utilities.queueChunkGeneration(event.getServer(), Reference.x, Reference.z, Reference.width, Reference.depth, Reference.dimension, false);
        }
    }
}

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its been along time since ive posted here, nice to occasionally look aka lurk : } So like many; im a lifelong afficionado of these aptly named gators, i grew up w/ southerns & went to college w/ madreans, kept a few glass, annielas, & even a coupla tx allys over the years, love em all; mini-monitors for sure.
So heres my ? has anyone gotten an ally to eat chopped food ? I tried to have my glass lizards teach my last captive southerns by example, but am not sure the lessons were learned, ( cuz there were always gutloaded crickets about …).
Heres a tip; take a white light (battery powered camping lantern) outside at night, put a white cloth drape over it, visit every half hour and sweep or shake the bug medly into plastic containers; deliver to allys, these wild arthropods seem to provide all sources of trace elements, flavor, and fun; the gators spare no effort to get to a fluttering moth or spider.


The abbreviation for Applied Behavior Analysis. See Applied Behavior Analysis.
The abbreviation for Americans with Disabilities Act. See Americans with Disabilities Act.
The ability to adjust to new situations and to apply familiar or new skills to those situations. For example, a two-year-old is displaying his ability to adapt when he says, "Mine!" to the child who is attempting to take his toy. A five-year-old shows adaptive behavior when he is able to use the same table manners he uses at home at a friend's house.
An individual who represents or speaks out on behalf of another person's interests (as in a parent on behalf of his or her child).
Materials and activities designed to teach the child with special needs are appropriate for the child's typically developing same-age peers. For instance, a toy designed for use with typically developing one-year-old children should not be used with a child who is eight years old, but who has the developmental abilities of a one-year-old.
Federal civil rights law protecting individuals with disabilities. Enacted in 1990.
A statement of the desired outcome of early intervention services or education for a specific child. Annual goals for early intervention are selected by the child's parents and the child's early intervention multidisciplinary team and are stated on the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP). Annual goals for education also are developed by a team that includes the child's parents and are stated in the Individualized Education Program (IEP). Objectives may also be stated to provide developmentally appropriate activities and measurement of progress toward attainment of the goal.
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is not a particular treatment or therapy. ABA is the name of a professional field that uses principles of learning to increase performance of socially desirable behaviors. It always relies upon the collection of objective data to measure performance and the effectiveness of an intervention. ABA is used in industry, business and education as well as in the field of disabilities. The term "ABA" is sometimes used to refer to a one-on-one therapy that is named discrete trial training; however, it can also be applied using an incidental teaching approach. Some educational professionals as well as parents will use the term ABA when referring to discrete trial training. See Discrete Trial Training.
The philosophy or paradigm that governs treatment selection and implementation.
Asperger's syndrome is one of the autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). People with Asperger's syndrome have problems with social, emotional, and communication skills, as well as unusual behaviors and interests. Children with Asperger's syndrome do not have a language delay and, by definition, must have an average or above average IQ (measure of intelligence). Children with other autism spectrum disorders may have a language delay and can have an IQ at any level.
Special items or equipment used to increase, maintain or improve one's functioning abilities. The term covers items such as computers, pencil holders, specialized switches and calculators.AudiologistA specialist who determines the presence and type of hearing impairment. An audiologist conducts hearing tests and makes recommendations for hearing aids.
Any method of communicating without speech, such as by signs, gestures, picture boards, or electronic or non-electronic devices. These methods can help individuals who are unable to use speech or who need to supplement their speech to communicate effectively.
A developmental disability that typically appears during the first three years of life. The result of a neurological disorder that affects functioning of the brain, Autism and its associated behaviors occur in approximately 1 of every 150 individuals. It is important to note that some children with intellectual disability, fragile X syndrome, psychiatric disorders, sensory deficits such as vision or hearing impairments, and certain rare neurological diseases have autistic-like characteristics, but do not have Autism. In older literature, Autism may be called infantile Autism or Kanner's syndrome. See Pervasive Developmental Disorder.
A term encompassing the condition(s) known as pervasive developmental disorder(s). See Pervasive Developmental Disorder.
A written document that becomes part of the IEP and which identifies problem behaviors; sets goals for decreasing unwanted behaviors and increasing desired behaviors; and outlines interventions to use when specific behaviors occur. Sometimes called a behavior management plan.
Gathering (through direct observation and by parent report) and analyzing information about a child's behaviors. The information may be used to help the child change unwanted behaviors. Variables that are noted include when a behavior occurs as well as its frequency and duration. See Functional Assessment of Behavior.
The structure that consists of the brain, the spinal cord and related systems that controls all aspects of learning, thinking and movement.
Referring to the developmental area that involves thinking skills, including the ability to receive, process, analyze and understand information. Matching red circles and pushing the button on a mechanical toy to activate it are examples of cognitive skills.
The developmental area that involves skills which enable people to understand (receptive language) and share (expressive language) thoughts and feelings. Waving goodbye, using spontaneous single-word utterances, and repeating five-word sentences are examples of communication skills.
A nonverbal form of communication such as gesture, sign language, communication boards and electronic devices (for example, computers and voice synthesizers).
A board or book with pictures or symbols that a child or adult can point to for expression of his or her needs.
Difficulty with understanding and/or expressing messages. Communication disorders include problems with articulation, voice disorders, stuttering, language disorders and some learning disabilities.
The term used to describe the condition of an infant or young child who is not achieving new skills in the typical time frame and/or is exhibiting behaviors that are not appropriate for his or her age. Some children who are developmentally delayed eventually have a specific diagnosis of a particular developmental disability. Other children with delays catch up with their typically developing peers.
A severe chronic disability that is attributed to a physical or mental impairment, other than the sole diagnosis of mental illness, or to a combination of mental and physical impairments, is manifested before the individual attains the age of 22, is likely to continue indefinitely, results in the inability to live independently without external support or continuing and regular assistance, reflects the need for a combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary, or generic care, treatment, or other services that are planned and coordinated for that individual.
Teaching of skills acquisition is targeted at the child's current developmental level, looking at the child's current abilities across developmental domains (communication, social, cognitive, adaptive behavior, fine motor, gross motor). This practice relies upon principles of child development, with the expectation that skills acquisition typically occurs in a predictable sequence, even though the rate at which individual children learn may vary. For instance, it is generally expected that children will learn to use one or two word sentences before they will progress to three or four word sentences.
Released in May 2013, the fifth and most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5) is often used by medical and other professionals to diagnose autism spectrum disorders. The Diagnostic Statistical Manual-5 has a new category called Autism Spectrum Disorders that encompasses autism or autistic disorder, Asperger's disorder, childhood disintegrative disorder, and pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified.
A method for teaching desired behaviors, skills or tasks. The skill being taught is "broken" down or sequenced into small "discrete steps" that are taught in a highly structured and hierarchical manner. Discrete trials consist of four parts: (a) the instructor's presentation (the instruction) (prompt if needed), (b) the child's response, (c) the consequence, (e.g., reinforcement or correction) and (d) a short pause between the consequence and the next instruction (between-trials interval). The instruction should be clear, concise, phrased as a statement, and given only once.
Individualized services for infants and toddlers who are at risk for or are showing signs of developmental delay.
The repetition of speech that is produced by others (a relatively common symptom of Autism). Echoed words or phrases can include the same words and inflections as were originally heard or they may be somewhat modified. Immediate echolalia refers to words immediately repeated or repeated a brief time after they were heard. Delayed echolalia refers to the repetition of speech much later—even after days or years.Environmental modificationsEnvironmental modifications are not direct instruction, but are therapeutic adaptations that are intended to reduce barriers to instruction.
The ability to communicate thoughts and feelings by gesture, sign language, verbalization, or written word. Compare to Receptive Language.
Special education and related services provided beyond the normal school year, in accordance with the child's IEP and at no cost to the parents.ExtinctionEliminating or decreasing a behavior by removing reinforcement from it.
It is similar to the functional analysis of behavior, but it differs in that those events before and after the behavior are not systematically changed in order to prove the function of the behavior. Based on the information gathered a judgment is made about the possible communicative function of the behavior(s). Functional Assessments are usually performed in order to develop behavior interventions and supports that address challenging or inappropriate behaviors. See Behavioral Assessment and Functional Behavior Analysis.
The ability to take a skill learned in one setting, such as the classroom, and use it in another setting like the home or community.
Physically guiding an individual through the movements involved in a fine motor task. Helping someone to grasp a spoon and bring it to his or her mouth is an example of hand-over-hand guidance.
Abnormally increased motor activity, resulting in difficulty with concentrating on one task or sitting still. Due to their overactivity and impulsivity, children who are hyperactive often have difficulty with learning.
Incidental teaching typically involves child-directed activities. The instructor observes and interacts with the child and uses any naturally occurring opportunities to provide relevant instruction (e.g., the child indicates that he wants a drink by pointing to the refrigerator, and the instructor models the correct language).
The abbreviation for Individualized Family Service Plan for children under three years of age. See Individualized Family Service Plan.
The general concept of including people with disabilities in all aspects of life, such as (but not limited to) education, community living, employment and recreation. See Least Restrictive Environment.
A written statement of a child's current level of development (abilities and impairments) and an individualized plan of instruction, including the goals, the specific services to be received, the people who will carry out the services, the standards and time lines for evaluating progress, and the amount and degree to which the child will participate with non-handicapped peers at school. The IEP is developed by the child's parents and the professionals who evaluated the child. It is required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) for all children in special education, ages three years and up.
A written plan describing the infant's or toddler's current level of development, the family's strengths and needs related to enhancement of the infant's or toddler's development, goals for the child and the other family members (as applicable), including the criteria, procedures and time lines used to evaluate progress (the IFSP should be evaluated and adjusted at least once a year and reviewed at least every six months), and the specific early intervention services needed to meet the goals (including the frequency and intensity and method of delivering services, the projected date of initiating services and the anticipated duration of services). The IFSP is developed and implemented by the child's parents and a multidisciplinary early intervention team (IFSP Team). The name of the person responsible for implementation of the IFSP, the case manager, should be listed on the IFSP. If it is likely at age three that the child will require special education services, a transition plan should also be stated in the IFSP. The Individualized Family Service Plan is required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) for all infants and toddlers receiving early intervention services. Refer to Early Intervention.
The federal law reauthorized in 2004 that amends the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-142). Part C of the law focuses on services to infants and toddlers who are at-risk or have developmental disabilities.
It is characterized by significantly subaverage intellectual functioning, existing concurrently with related limitations in two or more of the following applicable adaptive skill areas: communication, self-care, home living, social skills, community use, self-direction, health and safety, functional academics, leisure and work.
The educational setting that permits a child with disabilities to derive the most educational benefit while participating in a regular educational environment to the maximum extent appropriate. It is presumed that a child with a disability will be educated in the general education classroom, with appropriate supports, unless the IEP Team deems another setting as more appropriate. LRE is a requirement under the IDEA.
The agency responsible for providing special educational services on the local (county) level. Also called Local School System (LSS).
The learned ability to perform movements, such as holding the body in an upright position to sit, using the hands to manipulate small items, scooping food onto a spoon and bringing the spoon to the mouth, and moving the lips and tongue to articulate different sounds.
Any form of or attempt at unspoken or "physical" communication. Examples are temper tantrums, gestures, pointing and leading another person to a desired object.
Therapeutic treatment aimed at helping the injured, ill or disabled individual to develop and improve self-help skills and adaptive behavior and play. The occupational therapist also addresses the young child's motor, sensory and postural development with the overall goals of preventing or minimizing the impact of impairment and developmental delay. The therapist also promotes the acquisition of new skills to increase the child or adult's ability to function independently.
The teaming of parents and teachers, doctors, nurses, therapists and other professionals to work together to facilitate the development of children and adults with special needs.
Using trained single and multiple peers to promote social interaction and academic skills in children with disabilities.
Redundant repetition of thought(s), word(s), or action(s) without stopping or moving on.
The DSM uses the term Pervasive Developmental Disorder to refer to a "severe and pervasive impairment in several areas of development: reciprocal social interaction skills, communication skills, or the presence of stereotyped behavior, interests, and activities." Sometimes doctors use the abbreviation PDD alone when diagnosing a child who has some, but not all, of the symptoms of Autism.
Therapeutic treatment designed to prevent or alleviate movement dysfunction through a program tailored to the individual child. The goal of the program may be to develop muscle strength, range of motion, coordination or endurance, to alleviate pain, or to attain new motor skills.
Is a communication training program for helping children with Autism acquire functional communication skills. Children using PECS are taught to give a picture of a desired item to a communicative partner in exchange for the item, thus initiating a communicative act for a concrete outcome within a social context.
A set of procedures designed to increase motivation and promote generalization. It was developed to overcome problems of stimulus overselectivity and motivation. The intervention focuses on a set of specific procedures that increase responsivity to simultaneous multiple cues. The logic of teaching pivotal target behaviors is that educators might indirectly affect a large number of individual behaviors.
Input that encourages an individual to perform a movement or activity. A prompt may be verbal, gestural, or physical. An example of a prompt is tapping beneath one's chin as a visual reminder to the child to close her mouth to prevent drooling. Also known as a cue.
An evaluation of the quality, rather than the quantity, of a child's cognitive skills.
The ability to understand what is being expressed, including verbal and nonverbal communication, such as sign language. Compare to Expressive Language.
Reverting to an immature form of behavior or decreased skill level. Regression is usually felt to be an unconscious protective mechanism.
A behavior modification technique used to increase the likelihood of a desired response or behavior. Positive reinforcement is accomplished by immediately strengthening or rewarding a desirable behavior. The reward can be a social reinforcer, such as praise or a hug, or it can be material, such as a sticker or cookie. One form of negative reinforcement is to withdraw a privilege.
An evaluation tool designed to identify children who are at-risk for having or developing a developmental disability. This is different from a diagnostic tool that is used to determine if a person has, or does not have, Autism.
Abnormal behaviors that are harmful to oneself, such as head-banging, scratching or biting oneself.
Defined as abnormal behaviors that interfere with the individual's ability to pay attention or participate in meaningful activity, such as head-banging, watching the fingers wiggle, or rocking side to side. It is often referred to as "self-stimming" or "stimming." Unpurposeful play with a toy can be self-stimulating, such as repetitively spinning the wheels of a toy truck instead of exploring the different ways it can be used. In children, self-stimulation is most common when there is a diagnosis of intellectual disability, Autism or psychosis.
A problem with receiving information through one or more of the senses (sight, hearing, touch, etc.).
The ability of the central nervous system to receive, process, and learn from sensations in order to develop skills. The sensations include touch, movement, sight, sound, smell and the pull of gravity.
Any arousal of one or more of the senses. For example, a play activity that includes touching strips of shiny cellophane, listening to them crinkle, and watching while a bright light is shining on them against a contrasting background might be fun and stimulating for a child with visual impairment.
A disorder, such as Autism, that appears with a wide range of characteristics and functioning. At one end of the spectrum of Autism, individuals tend to have many challenging behaviors. At the other end individuals generally have greater cognitive abilities and can communicate relatively well with spoken language.
Therapy to improve the individual's speech and language skills, as well as oral motor abilities.
Repetitive motor movements that occur frequently; examples include body rocking, hand flapping, and object manipulation.
Any systematic method used to predict which stimuli will function as positive reinforcers for a child's behavior.
A group of interventions (techniques) that share a common approach.
Process of breaking a skill down into smaller steps.
A behavioral approach to teaching communication skills to children with Autism and other developmental disabilities, based on B.F. Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior.
Published with permission from Baltimore's Child magazine and the Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Special Education/Early Intervention Services.
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Q: Incompatible pointer types warning with typedef and struct typedef struct {
        int pid;
        struct f_queue_node *next;
}f_queue_node;

typedef struct {
        f_queue_node *front, *rear;
}f_queue;

f_queue *queue;
f_queue_node *node
queue->rear->next = node;

I get a warning whenever I use a pointer of f_queue_node with front and rear.
queue_f.c:39:21: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type [-Wincompatible-pointer-types]
queue->rear->next = node;
                     ^

A: Use this:
typedef struct f_queue_node {
        int pid;
        struct f_queue_node *next;
} f_queue_node;

instead of:
typedef struct {
        int pid;
        struct f_queue_node *next;
} f_queue_node;

That's happens because of you typedef an anonymous struct.
Also, you miss semicolon here f_queue_node *node, I don't know if you miss it while posting it here or in your code, just a reminder.

A: You have the next field of f_queue_node (a typedef for an anonymous struct) defined as a pointer to struct f_queue_node, but you don't have struct f_queue_node defined anywhere in your code.
You need to give that anonymous struct a tag:
typedef struct f_queue_node {
        int pid;
        struct f_queue_node *next;
}f_queue_node;

A: You cannot assign node without alloc queue and node.
You have to alloc on the stack :
f_queue queue;
f_queue_node node
queue.rear->next = &node;

or on the heap with malloc :
f_queue *queue = malloc(sizeof(f_queue));
f_queue_node *node = malloc(sizeof(f_queue_node));
queue->rear->next = node;

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Zainab Zahra Syed is a performance poet and something of a 21st century nomad. Originally from Pakistan, she has spent most of her life living and roaming through this earth. She is currently working on her first full length manuscript which weaves the history of Pakistan from partition to today, with personal narrative in an attempt to reconcile memory and the act of remembering.


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Free legal advice offer to Tech City
A new free legal advice service has been launched for east London digital companies by Queen Mary University of London as part of National Pro Bono Week (4-8 Nov 2013).
qLegal provides advice to tech start-ups and entrepreneurs at the award winning Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre.
The new service which is run in conjunction with collaborating law firms, in-house teams and academics sees LLM students from the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) at Queen Mary provide advice directly to clients from the digital Shoreditch and Tech Hub community.
Ian Walden, a Professor of Information and Communications Law at Queen Mary's CCLS, said "It's essential that companies in this particular sector protect their intellectual property at a very early stage in their business career. It may seem very complicated and daunting but by working with qLegal we can provide our clients with expert advice and ensure that these entrepreneurs and their ideas are protected and can continue to flourish in the future."
qLegal is part of iLINC, a European Network of legal incubators at leading law schools including the universities of Amsterdam, Hamburg and Leuven and over 10 further universities. qLegal is being funded through a €125,000 two-year grant from the EU and Higher Education Innovation Funding.

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In many respects, tertiary education organisations are not as advanced in their approaches to student success and well-being as are primary and secondary education organisations. This may reflect the belated "massification" and democratisation of tertiary education cf primary and secondary education. In any case, there are many pre-tertiary examples from which we can learn. Moreover, there are some organisational examples from which we can learn regarding strategies to promote the success and well-being of their members.
BounceBack! is a wellbeing and resilience class-based program for children and young people from Kindergarten to Middle School. It offers practical strategies to help children and young people function well at school and in life and is based predominantly on children's literature.
KidsMatter Primary is a mental health and wellbeing framework for primary schools and has been shown to make a positive difference to the lives of Australian children.
KidsMatter Early Childhood is a flexible, whole-service framework designed specifically for early education and care services.
The KidsMatter Early Childhood framework informs and supports early childhood education and care practice and quality requirements; provides resources, tools and reflective opportunities; and connects educators, children, families, management, community and health professionals.
The Penn Resiliency Program (PRP) Curriculum is aimed at children aged 10-13 years and is typically delivered in 12 90-minute lessons or 18-24 60-minute lessons. Some projects have used shorter versions of PRP. Within each lesson, resilience concepts and skills are presented and practiced in a variety of ways. Skills are introduced through skits, role plays, short stories, or cartoons that illustrate the core concepts. Once students have a firm understanding of these concepts, they practice with hypothetical examples that demonstrate how the skill is relevant to real-world situations that they might face. Students discuss situations in which they used, or could have used, the concepts they have just learned. They are then encouraged to use the new skills in their daily life as part of their weekly homework.
You can find a description of the lessons here.
Keeping Cool is a Facebook group that provides teachers with strategies and resources to build capacity for resilience in their professional lives.
Their website has a list of links to programs regarding student resilience and resources teachers can use in their teaching. e.g. Aussie Optimism (based on Seligman's positive psyc stuff), 10-tips-to-build-resilience-in-teens-and-young-adults, Open Doors - A program for Primary & Secondary Schools teaching optimism, coping skills & personal mastery, helping immunise young people against depression.
RIRO resiliency skills training provides professionals working in early learning, child care, mental health and other settings with the knowledge and skills they need to model and teach resilience approaches to young children, from birth to eight years of age.
This toolkit was created by The University of Queensland and The University of Southern Queensland to provide ideas and information that could be included in rural community programs to enhance people's resilience. Although many community programs do not have a specific resilience-building component, the content or structure of a program, regardless of its primary purpose, may be easily modified to include some basic resilience principles. In addition, it is envisioned that the wider community may benefit from resilience- enhancing programs without direct participation. Click here to download the full document.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse in the USA has funded the Promise Neighborhood Research Consortium (PNRC) to assist high-poverty neighborhoods in translating existing knowledge into widespread, multiple improvements in wellbeing.
The Safe Schools Toolkit is a national project that brings together the nine key elements of the National Safe Schools Framework defines the nine key elements of a safe and supportive learning community. The Safe Schools Toolkit offers video clips, interviews, activities and strategies on each element, with case studies from a range of school settings that illustrate effective implementation.
School Transition And Resilience Training (START) is a program encompassing The Framework for Student Support Services in Victorian Government Schools and the middle years of schooling theory and practice strategy.
The START program embodies core aims expressed in The Framework for Student Support Services in Victorian Government Schools (The Framework). The START program has been designed to assist schools to plan and implement crucial primary prevention strategies to build belonging and promote wellbeing in all students as they reach a stage of potential vulnerability.


Other, is a culmination of experiences. In the spring of 2016 a pregnate friend, offered to pose for me. After many sketches and photos I chose to concentrate on this one because I loved the way the shadow of the large money tree cascaded across her body and obscured her portrait. I began the piece in early 2017 while in residency in the Grand Canyon I was on the lookout for a suitable landscape that might serve for the backdrop. While there I began to realize just how much the land is entrenched in politics; a historical and contemporary battleground between preserving natural lands versus using them. This piece intends to question whether the human relationship with Earth is a symbiotic or parasitic one.


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The 2010 NHL Entry Draft was the 48th NHL Entry Draft, held on June 25–26, 2010 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, home arena of the Los Angeles Kings.This was the first time Los Angeles hosted the NHL Entry Draft.


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General OS News
Samsung plays with graphene balls; when's the battery revolution coming?
The patents are being applied for and this looks like yet another promising sign that the battery revolution is coming. But is it really?
Pixel Visual Core should make photos taken in Instagram not suck
Published on 28 November 2017, 21:45 EST
graphene,
patents,
Researchers have been working with graphene, carbon in the form of a single layer that can facilitate amazing energy capacity, for many years. They have yet to properly harness it on a large scale for use in batteries and solar cells.
Sure, you could run a bit of pencil graphite, pure crystalline carbon, on a piece of scotch tape and make graphene as easily as a child scribbles outside the lines. But keeping graphene in its thin, fragile form still proves a difficult task, especially for volatile uses such as relaying power.
Samsung, which holds the most patents on graphene technology, may have found a way to finally kick graphene into the proper gear for a battery — by using silica to shape it into balls.
Testing on graphene balls with lithium-ion batteries found that charging capacity increased, charging times decreased and charging temperatures were level. It's projected that a battery made entirely of graphene balls could fully charge in 12 minutes, provide 45 percent more capacity than a conventional battery and stably operate at 60°C (140°F) without major deterioration. And these balls can be mass produced very easily.
So, will this lead to the end of all things lithium-ion in batteries? Well, if the chaebol pulls off commercialization successfully, competitors won't likely be able to handle this technology unless it is filed as a standard essential patent with fair and relatively affordable licensing terms — in fact, the company has sent two applications at patent offices in South Korea and the United States. But it may have an interest in doing that, though, as the entire portable electronics industry, large and wide-ranging as it is, should be able sustain massive revenues for the company.
The Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Samsung SDI and Seoul National University's School of Chemical and Biological Engineering published a joint report in Nature Communications.


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Guardian of Semerkhet Bugs
MISSING WHEEL IN GOLDEN VRAEUS ROOM: If you arrive in this room only to find the wheel that opens the door is missing, there is a possible solution.
This screenshot shows the room with the missing wheel.
This one shows how things should look.
As far as I know, this glitch is confined to the Windows PC version, specifically to newer operating systems (e.g., Windows XP or later). To fix the problem, try installing one of the Tomb Raider Multi-Patches from Tombraiderchronicles.com.
To find the right version for your operating system, go to tombraiderchronicles.com/technical-support/index.html and in the "Tomb Raider on Windows" section, choose the version of Windows you have. Then follow the links to the Tomb Raider Multi-Patch for that operating system.
Download the file from that next page. It should be called something like trupdate.zip. Open the zip file and copy/paste or drag the trupdate.exe file out of the zip file and onto your desktop (or another convenient location; it doesn't really matter where as long as you can find it). Double-click the trupdate.exe program to run the patch. Then just follow the instructions on screen. During the installation you'll have an opportunity to check any/all of the classic Tomb Raiders you have installed. The patch will then make repairs which should (hopefully) fix the problem.
The only drawback is that your original saves probably won't load in the newly patched game. Try it and see, but if they don't, you'll also need to install a save file made with the patched version. My save for this spot can be downloaded here. For detailed instructions on downloading and installing save files, see here.
Another alternative would be to get the Steam or GOG version of the game, which require no patching on newer operating systems.
GAME CRASH FOLLOWING VIDEO SEQUENCE: Some PC users have experienced a game crash during the movie between this level and the Desert Railroad. Here are some possible solutions:
Disable bump mapping and/or FMV (full motion video). To do this, go to the game Setup screen. (See the notes below for accessing Setup in different versions of the game.) Here you can click to deselect 'bump mapping' (this is one of the graphics settings) or select 'Disable FMV'. You might first try disabling bump mapping only to see if that works, and if not, disable FMV movies. You can set everything back to normal after you save in the next level.
Then, if you want to see the movie, you can always watch it on YouTube.
If those suggestions don't work and your game still crashes, you can download a save file for the beginning of Desert Railroad level. For instructions, see here.
To access the Setup screen in the CD version, either click 'Setup' on the screen that first pops when you insert the CD-ROM or, from the Windows Start menu, choose Program Files/Core Design/Tomb Raider Last Revelation/Setup).
To access the Setup screen in the Steam version, open your Steam Library. Right-click on Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation and choose Properties. In the dialog box that pops up, select the General tab, then click Set Launch Options. Type "-setup" in the box (without the quotes) then click OK. (screenshot) Now when you run the game, the Setup window should appear. When you're done making the necessary tweaks, repeat these steps and remove the "-setup" command. Then you can run the game without having to go through that screen every time.
To access the Setup screen in the GOG version, start by opening GOG Galaxy. In the Library section, select Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation. Click the 'More' button, then Other, then Setup. (screenshot)
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Blank Receipt – No Tax Deduction for Charitable Contributions
Blank Receipt – No Tax Deduction for Charitable Contributions was last modified: October 11, 2014 by Philip Falcowas last modified: October 11, 2014
The U.S. Tax Court issued a decision concerning tax deductions of charitable contributions in Thad Deshawn Smith v. Commissioner of the Internal Revenue, October 2, 2014. The case is a great way to discuss what the IRS and Tax Court require as far as documentation.
Mr. Deshawn attempted to deduct a whopping $27,277 in noncash charitable contributions in 2009. He donated clothes, electronics, etc to AMVETS. AMVETS wrote Mr. Deshawn blank "tax receipts". Have you ever noticed this practice when donating to Goodwill? Goodwill just hands you a blank receipt. Well that practice does not cut it.
The critical failure was that the receipts did not specify the items donated. Mr. Deshawn made a valiant effort to document the donation by creating spreadsheets. However, because there was no evidence that the spreadsheets were submitted (hint – signed) by AMVETS, no deduction was allowed.
Here is some technical background.
Contributions of $250 or More:
Section 170(f)(8)(A) provides that an individual may deduct a gift of $250 or more only if he substantiates the deduction with a contemporaneous written acknowledgment of the contribution by the donee organization. This acknowledgment must:
include "a description (but not value) of any property other than cash contributed";
state whether the donee provided
any goods or services in exchange for the gift; and
if the donee did provide goods or services, include a description and good-faith estimate of their value. Sec. 170(f)(8)(B); sec. 1.170A-13(f)(2), Income Tax Regs.
The acknowledgment is "contemporaneous" if the taxpayer obtains it from the donee on or before the earlier of:
the date the taxpayer files a return for the year of contribution; or
the due date, including extensions, for filing that return. Sec. 170(f)(8)(C).
Contributions exceeding $500
For noncash contributions in excess of $500, taxpayers are required to maintain reliable written records with respect to each item of donated property. Sec. 1.170A-13(b)(2) and (3), Income Tax Regs.
These records must include, among other things:
the approximate date the property was acquired and the manner of its acquisition;
a description of the property in detail reasonable under the circumstances;
the cost or other basis of the property;
the fair market value of the property at the time it was contributed; and
the method used in determining its fair market value. Sec. 1.170A-13(b)(2)(ii)(C) and (D), (3)(i)(A) and (B), Income Tax Regs. The taxpayer must include with his return "a description of such property and such other information as the Secretary may require." Sec. 170(f)(11)(B).
Contributions Exceeding $5,000
For contributions of property (other than publicly traded securities) or similar items of property valued in excess of $5,000, the taxpayer must generally satisfy the substantiation requirements discussed previously and must also:
obtain a "qualified appraisal" of the items; and
attach to his tax return a fully completed appraisal summary. Sec. 170(f)(11)(C); sec. 1.170A-13(c)(2), Income Tax Regs.;
Interest Deductible Even On Non-Taxpayer's Mortgage
Interest Deductible Even On Non-Taxpayer's Mortgage was last modified: October 11, 2014 by Philip Falcowas last modified: October 11, 2014
I came across this today in passing while working on a tax case.
Most homeowners deduct home mortgage interest on Schedule A of their 1040. Actually, this is usually a taxpayer's largest deduction. Well, what if the taxpayer is not liable for the mortgage can taxpayer still take the deduction?
For example, taxpayer's parents transferred title of a home to taxpayer. The mortgage remained the obligation of parents. Taxpayer does not refinance. Taxpayer pays mortgage. May taxpayer deduct the interest paid on schedule A? I have to admit that the IRS is pretty generous on this one. The IRS permits taxpayer to take the deduction on schedule A. Thank you IRS!
What follows is the background and legal support.
1.163-1(b), Income Tax Regs., provides: "Interest paid by the taxpayer on a mortgage upon real estate of which he is the legal or equitable owner, even though the taxpayer is not directly liable upon the bond or note secured by such mortgage, may be deducted as interest on his indebtedness."
However, "title" to the real estate is required. Real estate title can include legal, equitable, and beneficial title. Hynes v. Commissioner, 74 T.C. 1266, 1288 (1980); Song v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 1995-446; Bonkowski v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 1970-340, affd. 458 F.2d 709 (7th Cir. 1972). This is where it can get complicated and you would need to seek a tax pro, such as myself, on this point.
I will point out that the 1098 will not be in your name but the IRS has spoken: deduct, deduct, deduct!
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News Shotgun 3/26/22
Amazon is developing a James Bond-inspired reality competition, Netflix cancels Archive 81, The CW renews 7 of their current shows, Marvel is working on a project for Nova, Godzilla vs Kong's sequel begins shooting later this year, and more in this week's News Shotgun.
Everything Action Theater: The Losers
Coming out in a year when the extremely similar movies Red, The Expendables, and The A-Team all hit theaters, the DC/Vertigo adaptation The Losers got lost in the shuffle despite a stacked cast that includes Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Idris Elba, Chris Evans, Jason Patric, and Holt McCallany. You can watch the whole movie in the latest Everything Action Theater thanks to YouTube.
Musical Montage: UB40 "Can't Help Falling in Love"
For Speed 2: Cruise Control, director Jan De Bont wanted the soundtrack full of reggae and Caribbean inspired music to go along with the tropical cruise setting of the movie, which included UK reggae group UB40 performing a cover of Elvis' "Can't Help Falling in Love", which became one of the biggest hits of 1997.
Horror Villain of the Week: David
Although he's not the head vampire, David leads the teenage vampire clan of Santa Clara as they engage in reckless activities and attack unsuspecting beach goers.
News Shotgun 2/5
Supergirl will meet The Flash, the new Power Rangers have their Rita Repulsa, FX's X-Men spin-off gets it's lead, two new MacGyver reboots in the works and much more in this week's News Shotgun.
Action Hero of the Week: Franklin Clay
Clay is the leader of The Losers, who were left for dead during a failed mission in Bolivia and now seek revenge on the mysterious CIA operative "Max" who ordered them killed.
Musical Montage: The Lost Boys
This week we highlight the music of the 80's vampire classic, including the absolute pinnacle of 80's saxophone.
Everything Action Theater: Solarbabies
Hulu brings us one of the lost classics of the 80's: Solarbabies.
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Q: How to download json data from multiple url's in r I would like to download multiple data files in r from multiple urls, where only the number changes. I succesfully downloaded this code, but i need to download a string of numbers (e.g. 29208, 49510, 54604   62759,62760,7002,38175) which have to replace 29208 in the url. I am a total newbie, and eventhough I have read and seen some examples, I cannot seem to write the right code.
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We can't express how stoked we are to share this first round of lineup announcements with you. And this is just the beginning. We've got even more badass stuff to come. Not only will we be exploring new musical boundaries this year with a fresher than ever cast of characters, we'll also be featuring all the other classic DIO fun: portrits, da pooool, food and beer at its finest... on a mountain top doing it ourselves, for Camp Krem So gitch'r tix! Presale runs until March 1st.
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[S42] Births, Marriages and Deaths - Cambridgeshire Index Project, Cambridgeshire County Council, (http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/sub/register/cambsindex.htm;), marriage of John Potter and Lydia Linsdell, 1883, Cambridge 331/CE146/01/136/2 (Reliability: 2).
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The eyes of the world will be on Birmingham when the English city hosts the 2022 Commonwealth Games between July 28 and August 8.
Elite sportsmen and women from the 72 nations and territories of the Commonwealth will gather together to compete in 19 sports and eight Para sports, at world-class venues across Birmingham, the West Midlands and beyond.
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Birmingham 2022 will be the 22nd edition of the Commonwealth Games, and the third to be held in England.
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The privatisation of human services
El Gibbs
The Federal Government's recent announcement that Serco will be delivering some of the income support system, Centrelink, is another blow to core public services that serve some of the most disadvantaged Australians. No one should make a profit out of people being poor.
It seems Mother Teresa was a Mother Teresa after all
Tony Thompson
I kept getting lost in Kolkata. North and south were somehow inverted in my head and I had to consciously avoid going the wrong way every time I stepped out of my hotel.
Best of 2012: The beauty that was Peter Steele's mind
Morag Fraser
Peter Steele SJ – priest, poet, teacher, essayist, homilist, and friend – died on Wednesday 27 June 2012. During Eureka Street's first months, in 1991, he gave its editor some riding instructions. Media magnate was not his style. 'Publish the very best writing you can lay your hands on', he said. That was it. But it was more than enough. Friday 29 June
The beauty that was Peter Steele's mind
Peter Steele SJ – priest, poet, teacher, essayist, homilist, and friend – died on Wednesday 27 June 2012. During Eureka Street's first months, in 1991, he gave its editor some riding instructions. Media magnate was not his style. 'Publish the very best writing you can lay your hands on', he said. That was it. But it was more than enough.
The quick and the slow: a post-flood diversion
Susan Prior
After all the flooding we were doing a little maintenance, the sort that requires a trip to the soulless hardware chain store. I left hubbie to it and ducked into the second-hand book store next door. The elderly gentleman serving asked me, 'Are you from a big city – like London?' 'Why do you ask?' 'Well,' he said, 'you talk very quickly.'
Refugees jammed in ASIO bottleneck
Kerry Murphy
'Karim' is calling every second day now. His protection visa application was lodged six months ago and he was interviewed four months later. He was brutally tortured in his home country and has lived with debilitating trauma ever since. He now thinks his case will be refused because of the long delays in processing.
'New Wave' Australian films of the '70s and '80s, such as Picnic at Hanging Rock and Breaker Morant, wooed audiences and critics. This weekend, four films that few Australians have seen will vie for top honours at the 2008 Australian Film Institute Awards.
Critics with the measure of a good film
Accepting a peer award recently, Sydney Morning Herald film critic Paul Byrnes declared serious film criticism to be in trouble. 'Much of the public now believes that a great film can't be great unless the box office makes it great.' He has a point.
A voice for victims of the sex trade
Tim Kroenert
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Letting go of bicycle grief
Ben O'Mara
I found the remains of my bicycle on the carport wall. They were broken and twisted, like the body of a victim left to rot in a serial killer movie. The police officer told me it was strange. So strange that his partner took photos and dusted for prints. I couldn't make sense of the robbery. While sturdy, my bicycle was seven years old, and had seen better days. It wasn't worth much money. Who would buy worn leather and a few scratched bits of metal on eBay? Or risk being caught for second hand parts?
Lonely lament of a stay-at-home mum
'Hi,' the text began. 'Just letting you know there's no pilates tonight. We're all going to The Hub to C an indie music jam. C U next week?' I put my phone down and stared numbly around my kitchen. Dirty dishes jammed the sink. My toddler's banana was smeared all over the fridge door, but I couldn't gather the energy to wipe it clean. I knew I was lucky to have everything I'd worked for - family, a new apartment, financial stability - but I also knew I had never felt so lonely. 'C U next week.'
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Die Kantar Group ist eine Gruppe von Marktforschungsunternehmen unter dem Dach des US-Finanzinvestors Bain Capital. Die in London ansässige Firma hat 28.000 Mitarbeiter, die zusammen das zweitgrößte Marktforschungsunternehmen der Welt formen, welches in 95 Ländern weltweit vertreten ist.

Geschichte
Kantar wurde 1993 von der WPP Group als Sammelgesellschaft für ihre Marktforschungsfirmen gegründet. Der Name wurde in Anlehnung an das ehemalige Gewichtsmaß Kantar im Mittelmeerraum gewählt. Im April 2019 wurden alle WPP-Marktforschungsgesellschaften, unter anderem Kantar TNS, in die Dachfirma Kantar eingegliedert. Im Juli 2019 veräußerte WPP 60 % der Anteile an Kantar an Bain Capital.

2020 verkaufte Bain Capital die Kantar-Geschäftsbereiche Gesundheit und Personalanalysen. Im selben Jahr baute Bain bei Kantar großflächig Arbeitsplätze ab; in Deutschland wurden unter anderem die Standorte Hamburg und Bielefeld geschlossen.
Am 11. Mai 2022 wurde bekannt, dass die Kantar Group ihre Sparte für Sozial- und Meinungsforschung Kantar Public an die Beteiligungsgesellschaft Trilantic Capital Partners Europe verkauft. Zu Kantar Public gehört auch die Infratest dimap GmbH, in Deutschland bekannt für die Wahlforschung im Auftrag der ARD.

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Last week, I received an email from a former graduate of my six-week blogging course.
"I think what really stuck with me was when you said that 'we all have a different story to tell' and 'no one will tell my views or story in the same way I will'.
This has really encouraged me to share my voice and express my opinion, rather than thinking 'oh I won't write about that, as so many other people have written a lot about it already!'"
Her last point, about "so many other people" writing about the same subject, is one that lots of people tend to make. They worry that others have already written everything they were going to write, and they wrote it better.
(It's strange, really… no-one thinks about not cooking dinner because Nigella Lawson already cooks dinners and hers taste nicer, or about not going for a run because Mo Farah already runs and he's much faster.)
Somewhere, someone has written about writing about things others have written about before.
Though they may not have said it exactly like that.
And that's the point.
You might be telling a story, or scribbling your thoughts on a subject that many others have already covered (you definitely will, in fact, because as the Bible itself says, "there is nothing new under the sun").
But because nobody else sees the world in quite the same way you do, no-one else will write about that subject in quite the way you're going to.
The way that has potential to resonate with readers. Readers who may have read other takes on the same subject, but didn't quite connect with it…
So, why not use your writing to express your individual voice, and tell the stories of your soul?
You don't have to be the best writer who ever lived… you'll save yourself years of heartbreak if you don't set out with being the best as your ultimate goal.
Just do it your way. Concentrate simply on being as honest and real as you can with your words, because that will help make the right impact on the readers who matter.
Of course, not everyone will enjoy what you write, and they're the readers who don't matter. I doubt E.L. James is that bothered about the readers who didn't like Fifty Shades of Grey, as she sits on the mountain of cash that came from writing the fastest-selling UK paperback of all time, and the Hollywood movie adaptation deals that followed.
If you'd like to give expressive writing a go, but you'd like some guidance and support from a small and dedicated group, my new Blogging Basics course begins on 29th September, for six weeks.
So far, its graduates have become wonderful children's story writers, keen life-and-travel bloggers, and business bloggers extraordinaire.
What will you write about?
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How to Write About Yourself (So You Sound Unique and Interesting!)
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How to entice readers into joining your wordy world
Writing Lessons From Improvised Comedy
There's something fascinating about a group of people being silly on stage, especially when they've probably all got mortgages and serious jobs.
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Struggling with writing a novel? Find the courage (and the effort!) to really get to know your work.
How to brief your copywriter
Trusting someone else with your words can be one of the best things you do for your business - but it has to be done properly!
The truth about blogging for business
Are you reading this over coffee, or maybe as you wait for a late train? Blogging for business is a handy way to keep in regular contact with your followers and show them the human side of your company, but it can be difficult to keep it going once you've started. It's worth it, though - so here are a few tips to keep your blog posts consistent and entertaining.


It isn't my intention to publish an update to the roadmap every February. Rather, it just so happens that the project has crossed a major milestone and it is appropriate to update everyone on what to expect next. And it also just so happens that it is February again.
With the release of Privacy Browser 2.8, work will now begin on the second half of the 2.x series. This will include features like a public download location, file upload, and import and export of settings and bookmarks that are dependent on the dangerous READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE and WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE file permissions. These permissions have been part of the roadmap of Privacy Browser since the beginning of the project. But I have delayed their implementation at the request of users because of potential security implications on devices running versions of Android older than Marshmallow (API < 23). No other permissions are planned to be added to Privacy Browser in the future (and any new addition would only be considered if the benefit were great and there were no negative privacy implications).
On devices prior to Android Marshmallow, if a permission is listed in the manifest, the user has no way to disable it. Beginning with Android Marshmallow, permissions that Google considers dangerous require the user to manually enable them on a per-app basis after the app is installed. Users that suspect they may be directly targeted by a government actor or someone else with similar resources (hopefully a minority of users) would be advised to not enable these permissions.
In July 2016, according to Google Play only 16.9% of Privacy Browser's users were running devices with Android Marshmallow (API 23). As of 21 February 2018, 86.4% are running Android Marshmallow or newer. These stats only show devices that have downloaded the paid version of Privacy Browser from Google Play and still have it installed, but I would imagine that those who got it from F-Droid and XDA Labs are running a comparable set of devices. For those still on older versions of Android, Privacy Browser can continue to provide a more private and secure browsing experience than most other browsers.
After dealing with the surprising difficulty in integrating EasyList into Privacy Browser, I am a little hesitant in forecasting how long it will take to finish the 2.x series. However, I would like to have it done and begin working on tabbed browsing in the 3.x series this year. Privacy WebView and the 4.x series will follow.


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The Inland M37 Trench shotgun is manufactured in a joint effort with the Ithaca Gun Company, Upper Sandusky, OH. The original steps of shotgun manufacture that was originally used by Ithaca during WWII has been carefully duplicated utilizing modern technology and CNC machining which yields components that are precise and accurately reproduced.


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Q: AT-SPI in Upstart I have created an application that get informations of firefox using AT-SPI and c++ and worked.
But it doesn't work while runs as upstart not an application despite the same source code.
The reason is atspi_init() returns error 2.
I wrote the conf file of upstart like this:
description "firefoxurl daemon"

start on runlevel [2345]
stop on  runlevel [!2345]

script
    exec /opt/GetCurrentUrlOfFirefox
end script

Can someone tell me why AT_SPI did not work in Upstart?

A: If it expects Firefox to be running, that's obviously a false assumption during system startup.
You should probably be looking at running it from the user's X startup scripts; and even then, Firefox will usually not start until some time later.


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Kenya Moore details what she regrets about her behavior on 'RHOA'
By M. Lucas-Davis
Kenya Moore selfie (Photo: Instagram – @thekenyamoore)
"Real Housewives of Atlanta" star Kenya Moore recently admitted that she does regret some of her actions on the show.
On Sunday, Jan. 24, Moore appeared on "Watch What Happens Live" with Andy Cohen. During their discussion, she was asked if there were any major disagreements she had on the show that she wishes she'd handled differently.
The former model recalled her fallout with former RHOA star Phaedra Parks over her friendship with her ex-husband Apollo Nida. Even when Parks expressed concern about the friendship at the time, Moore dismissed the concern. Now that she has been married, Moore admits that is one situation she wishes she'd viewed from a different perspective.
"Absolutely. I think I could have just distanced myself from Apollo altogether, not been so chummy-chummy, especially when it bothered his wife," Moore admitted.
Despite what happened between her and Parks, at the time, Moore confirmed they are on amicable terms now. While they still are not friends, Moore insists they are "pretty cordial."
Moore added, "You know what? We don't have a relationship but we've been on each other's social media and we've made jokes and stuff so I think it's pretty cordial."
Apollo Nida, Kenya Moore, phaedra parks, Real Housewives of Atlanta, reality TV


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Edmonton's bus routes are changing. The new network focuses on connecting people to places and to each other.
The LRT is being extended to link downtown to southeast Edmonton and west Edmonton.
Envisioning a more compact, transit-oriented city where more people walk, cycle, and use transit.


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Roger Fornas Lladó (24 de octubre de 1982, Barcelona) es un jugador de baloncesto profesional de nacionalidad española. Mide 2,02 metros y ocupa la posición de pívot. Actualmente es jugador del Palma Air Europa.

Biografía
Se formó como jugador en las categorías inferiores del Sant Josep Badalona primero y posteriormente en las del Baloncesto León.

Llegó a debutar en la ACB en la temporada 2003/04 cuando militaba en las filas del Caprabo Lleida. La siguiente temporada ficha por el CB Tarragona de la liga LEB, y en la 2005/06 fue uno de los jugadores más destacados del Imaje Sabadell Gapsa de LEB 2 con el que llegó a disputar la Copa LEB Plata y los Play-off de esa misma competición, finalizando la campaña con unos promedios de 9,7 puntos y 5,9 rebotes.

La temporada 2006/07 ficha por el CB L'Hospitalet de la liga LEB donde sus 7,1 puntos y 3,9 rebotes hacen que el Leche Río Breogán se haga con sus servicios una temporada más tarde. Con el equipo lucense se proclama campeón de la Copa Príncipe de Asturias y llegá a disputar la fase de ascenso a la liga ACB disputada en Cáceres donde caen ante el que a la postre sería el equipo que lograría el ascenso: el Bruesa GBC.

La temporada 2008/09 la inicia en las filas del Plus Pujol Lleida, pero transcurridos 3/4 de temporada se marcha al CB Valladolid, club con el que disputa 12 partidos proclamándose campeón de la LEB Oro y consiguiendo el ascenso a la ACB.

A mediados de agosto de 2009 llega a un acuerdo con el Cáceres 2016 Basket de la LEB Oro para reforzar la pintura del club extremeño. Tras un inicio de temporada en el que no disfrutó de demasiadas oportunidades, a finales de diciembre de 2009 el Cáceres 2016 decide dejarle sin ficha para hacer hueco para poder fichar a Carlos Cherry. Sus números hasta ese momento habían sido de 3,4 puntos y 2,4 rebotes en poco más de diez minutos de juego. Tras abandonar la disciplina del club cacereño finalizó la temporada 2009/10 como miembro del River Andorra de LEB Plata a las órdenes de Alfred Julbe. En Andorra finalizó la temporada con unas medias de 9,1 puntos y 5,2 rebotes en 23,1 minutos de juego, ayudando a su equipo a entrar en los play-off de lucha por el ascenso a la LEB Oro.

En agosto de 2010 se confirmó su fichaje por el Servindustria Tarragona 2017 y por tanto su regreso al club con el que debutó en las ligas LEB.

En 2015, tras jugar en el Quesos Cerrato de Palencia, firma con el San Pablo Inmobiliaria Burgos.

En 2016, tras jugar en el San Pablo Inmobiliaria Burgos, firma con el Palma Air Europa.

En el año 2018 se encontraba en el puesto 9 de jugadores con más partidos en Liga LEB Oro.

Referencias

solobasket.com Roger Fornas, nuevo jugador de Cáceres 2016 consultado en agosto de 2009.

Enlaces externos
Ficha del jugador en ACB.com

Baloncestistas de España
Baloncestistas de la Liga LEB
Baloncestistas del Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto
Baloncestistas del Bàsquet Club Andorra
Baloncestistas del Club Bàsquet Tarragona
Baloncestistas del Club Baloncesto Valladolid
Baloncestistas del Club Bàsquet L'Hospitalet
Baloncestistas del Club Baloncesto Breogán
Baloncestistas del Club Deportivo Maristas Palencia
Baloncestistas del Club Baloncesto Miraflores
Deportistas de Cataluña
Nacidos en Barcelona


What makes a great call to action?
Your website has (or should have) one or more goals to convert your website visitors into leads or paying customers. All your visitors need to do is take a specific action. But can your visitors easily figure out how they can take action? Let's take a look at how to strengthen these "calls to action" so that you will turn more potential customers into paying customers.
You first need to determine what actions you would like your visitors to take. Would you like them to purchase something? Download a file? Subscribe to a newsletter? Leave their contact information? Join a community? There are many different possibilities, but make sure that you know which options are right for your website.
Once you've identified the actions you want your visitors to take, it's time to figure out how you'll convince your potential customers to become paying customers. You should have a specific web page dedicated to the action already in place, for example, a sign up form, a store checkout, or a contact form. These are sometimes called conversion pages. We just need to move your visitors to that spot.
If you don't already have these pages in place, now is the time to do so! Conversion pages are what drive your website; they are the purpose for the site in the first place. Make sure that you have a page (or at least an area) for each conversion you want visitors to make, and see to it that they are compelling, uncluttered (you don't need visitors clicking onto something else), and simple to use.
Now it's time to move visitors over to the conversion pages. That's what a call to action actually does. It's a mechanism that makes it easy for visitors to reach your conversion area, and it also does its best to convince them that this is action they need to take. It's usually a well-designed visual cue that is obvious and compelling to visitors.
So where should this call to action go? It may not be a bad idea to include some call to action on each page of your site. You don't want visitors to run into a dead end, not knowing what to do next. However, at the very least, you want your call to action featured on a web page devoted to the need or desire your potential customer is trying to satisfy. If your goal is to have people subscribe to your accounting newsletter, then you may want to attract people who are perusing, for example, information about maximizing tax deductions. Whatever need that your potential customers are trying to solve should be met on your website and then with the action you'd like them to take. "Get tax deduction tips delivered to your inbox monthly" is great for a link (call to action) pointing to your newsletter subscription form (conversion).
See how they work hand-in-hand? The idea is simple: Use the call to action as a billboard to encourage people to take the right exit.
Now that we have the basics on how calls to action work, keep it simple. There's no need to unnecessarily complicate a call to action. You don't want to distract your visitors from getting to the conversion. So here are some tips on emphasizing a call to action while keeping it simple.
Use white space. A beginner's mistake is to fill as much of the empty space, known as white space, as possible in a website. But white space can be used very effectively to emphasize certain elements, especially around calls to action. White space around an element makes the element stand out more.
Put it front and center. Think of positioning your call to action in a conspicuous place. After all, you want it easily found! Keep it near the top of a web page so that it's one of the first things someone sees.
Think size, color, and font. Get creative here! Calls to action should be bold, so think about making them large, potentially with bigger fonts and a unique, bold color. The idea is that the call to action should stand out. So you may want to try to experiment with how to achieve that while not disturbing the overall look of the website. Make them larger than other buttons or elements, and you'll be well on your way!
Get active. As a call to action, it needs active language. Use strong verbs, and create a sense of urgency. "Register," "sign up," "buy now" are all examples of strong verbs to use. Why not combine them with time sensitive words, such as "expires March 31," or "only available to the first 100 customers"? Use your powers of persuasion!
Turn your website visitors from prospects into genuine leads or customers. Help meet their needs, and call them to take specific action, quickly and easily, and you'll see your website soar with success!


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UAE: Now workers will work even in the afternoon, 'Mid Day Break' rule ended after three months
Chandan SenSeptember 20, 2021
Such leave is given every year so that the laborers working in the scorching sun can get some relief and take care of them during the summer season. Along with the mandatory breaks, awareness campaigns were also conducted.
The Ministry of Human Resources of the United Arab Emirates has announced that the 'break' rule designed to provide relief to workers in the summer will end on 15 September. This rule was made to give some rest in the middle of the day to the laborers working in the scorching heat. There was a provision of fine of Rs 10 lakh for violation. After three months it will now be abolished.
Rules applicable for three months
According to the report of Khaleej Times, the ministry had implemented the rule from June 15, under which it was forbidden to work outside wages between 12:30 pm and 3 pm in the afternoon. Such leave is given every year so that the laborers working in the scorching sun can get some relief and take care of them during the summer season. Along with the mandatory breaks, awareness campaigns were also conducted.
UAE: 'Freedom' from the mask after 18 months, know the rules, otherwise you will have to pay ₹ 60 thousand
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Conditional exemption to some companies
This year it was necessary to do this to take care of the health of the workers amid the heat stroke as well as the corona virus epidemic. Under this ban, only such companies were allowed to work during the day which technically needed it. However, for this also certain conditions were applicable. The workers were to be given clean, cold drinking water. Apart from this, things like salt, lemon were also being provided.
penalty for violation
For this, both the local administration and the private sector worked together on the plan. Under the new rule, working hours were also limited to 8 and payment for overtime was also made mandatory. Under this, a fine of 5 thousand dirhams was fixed on the company per worker and the maximum fine for employing more workers was fixed at 50 thousand.
UAE gifts 'Green Visa' to Indians
Ministry had made rules
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UAE has given big relief to Indian travelers, only this condition will have to be fulfilled for travel
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H&M partners with Myntra to tap into India's exploding online market
Angela Gonzalez-Rodriguez
New York – H&M announced Monday it is partnering up with India's e-commerce giant Myntra to tap into the exploding Indian online market.
H&M launched its dedicated Indian e-commerce site last year which, according to Fredrik Olsson, managing director at H&M, already generates over 15 percent of its sales in the country. That's higher than its global average, highlights 'Business Standard'. "This is only from our own portal. With the tie-up with Myntra, which holds close to 40 percent share in the online fashion retail market, we expect sales to grow further," he said in an announcement echoed by the financial paper.
On a related note, Janne Einola, country manager at H&M India, said the brand would benefit from Myntra's 30 million existing customers. "All our products will be available on Myntra and hm.com both," he said, advancing that H&M plans to open a dozen outlets every year. Nevertheless, the scarce of suitable real estate in smaller towns is a barrier that may keep its offline focus on larger cities. To this regard, Olsson said he expects tie-ups like these will help H&M reach millions of consumers in smaller towns.
Fashion and lifestyle market in India is estimated to be growing at high double-digit, with recent projections indicating it will grow from the current 35,000 crore about 388 million dollars) to Rs 1 trillion (13 billion dollars) by 2025.
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Single book box featuring colour lithograph by France based, Swiss-born Art Nouveau artist Théophile Steinlen (1859 – 1923). The poster is an advertisement for the "Compagnie Francaise des Chocolats et des Thés", which directly translates to the "French Chocolate and Tea Company". In the lithograph, Steinlen portrays his wife enjoying an exotic Chinese black tea while his daughter sips hot chocolate.


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Hurricane Dancers
by Margarita Engle
Elementary School • Middle School • Poetic Novel
Happy birthday Ilse-Margret Vogel (Bad Times, Good Friends), Alice Low (The Witch Who Was Afraid of Witches), Irene Haas (A Summertime Song), Allan Ahlberg (Each Peach Pear Plum), Louise Lawrence (Dream-Weaver), and Caroline Binch (Amazing Grace).
It's the birth date of Richard Scarry (1919–1994), Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks and Things That Go, and Dr. Franklyn M. Branley (1915–2002), Down Comes the Rain.
On this day in 1851, Harriet Beecher Stowe's antislavery serial, Uncle Tom's Cabin or, Life Among the Lowly starts a ten-month run in the National Era abolitionist newspaper. Read Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Beecher Preachers by Jean Fritz.
This month marks the beginning of the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico hurricane season. June also marks Caribbean-American Heritage Month. Both events are celebrated in the book of the day, Margarita Engle's Hurricane Dancers. In a powerful, 145-page poetic novel, Engle presents a fresh and unusual look at Cuba, its history from 1509–1510, and its people.
After winning a Newbery Honor for The Surrender Tree, Engle turned to an absolutely fascinating subject for her next book: the real pirates of the Caribbean. Readers meet pirate Captain Bernardino de Talavera, an impoverished conquistador who has worked the native Indians on his land to death. To avoid debtors prison he steals a ship, takes some hostages, and becomes the first pirate of the Caribbean. One of those hostages, Alonso de Ojeda, had been governor of Venezuela and was known for selling the native people for profit. Another, Quebrado, called "the broken one" claims a Taino mother and Spanish father as his ancestors. Although this makes him an outcast, it gives him the ability to communicate in two languages.
In the first part of the book, "Wild Sea," Engle re-creates the effect of a hurricane on water. The ship tosses, tears apart, and eventually spills out its passengers and cargo into the ocean. Then the three main characters make their way to the nearest land, off the south coast of Cuba. Although the two conquistadors ultimately are banished, Quelbrado finds a home in Cuba and provides help for two star-crossed lovers, Nairdo and Caucubu.
Engle expertly weaves details of the culture of the native people and sixteenth-century Cuban life into a story that keeps readers eager to find out what will happen. The sparseness of the text and the beauty of the poetry means that every word carries weight and meaning. I didn't linger over the text on my first reading because I was so fascinated by the story. Only in going back for a second reading did I savor words like these: "So I work alone,/catching silvery marsh fish/in tapered baskets,/chasing swift river fish/into stone traps/and wrapping the sea's/great gold-belly fish/in nets that fly out/over the waves/like wings."
In a final note Engle reveals that through DNA testing she learned that she carries the "genetic marker verifying tens of thousands of years of maternal Amerindian ancestry." Not only does she tell of incidents from history, she explores her own family's story in the 1500s.
An extraordinary book on so many levels, this brilliantly crafted poetic novel presents subject matter completely absent from existing children's and young adult books. Hurricane Dancers makes an excellent choice for summer reading, classroom teaching, or book discussion groups. And, of course, if you enjoy talking about books, few plots sound more intriguing than "the real story of the Pirates of the Caribbean."
Here's a passage from Hurricane Dancers:
Also recommended: The Surrender Tree by Margarita Engle
Originally posted June 5, 2011. Updated for 2019.
Tags: 16th Century, History, Hurricanes, Latino, Multicultural, Weather
Instructional materials from TeachingBooks.net for Hurricane Dancers


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Q: How to Install Magento 2.3.5-p2 in linux mint 19.3? Hii i am usig linux mint 19.3 i want to install Magento 2.3.5p2 in my system but i don't have a propper Guidence. Help me to install Magento 2.3.5-p2 in my system.
I want to thank you in advance. help me...

A: This might help you to install magento
https://www.alpineinc.com/2020/05/how-to-install-magento-v2-3-5-locally-via-the-composer/

A: u have two ways in front. one is to use composer that I think is a complicated way but true one. and the second is to download zip project of Magento from https://magento.com/tech-resources/download
and then unzip it on your Linux then set your apache root directory to that place(unzipped place) and enter the defined servername in your browser and at the end start installing  step by step that pages of browser shows u.


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ELUVEITIE: Photos From The Studio Available
Swiss folk metallers ELUVEITIE have entered New Sound Studio in Pfffikon, a municipality in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland, with producer Tommy Vetterli (a.k.a. Tommy T. Baron; CORONER/ex-KREATOR guitarist) to begin recording their new album, "Helvetios", for an early 2012 release via Nuclear Blast Records. According to the band, Vetterli "will record drums, guitars and vocals and will also be producing and mixing the record. Most folk instruments and also vocals will be recorded by Anna Murphy and Marco Jencarelli at the Soundfarm studios in Lucerne."
Check out photos from the studio below.
In other news, ELUVEITIE will hold the first edition of its own festival, "Eluveitie & Friends", on December 30, 2011 at the Volkshaus in Zurich. Other bands scheduled to participate in the event include CORONER and KORPIKLAANI.
ELUVEITIE's latest album, "Everything Remains (As It Never Was)", sold around 1,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 23 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.
"Everything Remains (As It Never Was)" registered the following first-week European chart positions:
Switzerland: #8
Germany: #19
Austria: #22
"Everything Remains (As It Never Was)" was released on February 19, 2010 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was mixed at Nott-In Pill studios in Wales with Colin Richardson (SLIPKNOT, MACHINE HEAD, KREATOR, BEHEMOTH, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE) and Martyn "Ginge" Ford.


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